Optometrists & Optometric Assistants

In 1971, Optometrists joined ESC Local 20 and, since 1997, have been at the forefront of the historic Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership. In 2002, the Optometric Assistant classification was created as a bargaining unit classification. 280 ESC Local 20 Optometry Professionals are deeply committed to improving members’ working conditions, professional advancement, and protecting quality patient care in Northern California.

Professionals represented by this contract are part of the Union’s Optometry Unit.

ESC Local 20 members join 80,000 other Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Union members to overwhelmingly ratify the National Agreement with a 96% “YES” vote. With very strong turnout, all Local contracts were decisively passed across all bargaining units!

It is with a heavy heart that we express our deepest condolences to John Mader, President of Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) Local 20, IFPTE, who unexpectedly lost his wife, Sandie, earlier this month.
Want to help? Please contribute here to funeral expenses and support of Sandie’s children.